Clothes wringer



E. F. BEEBE. CLOTHES WRINGER.

APPLICATION FILED FEB. 7. I921.

Patented Se t. 19,192.

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E. F. BEEBE.

CLOTHES WRINGER.

APPLICATION FILED FEB. 7. 1921.

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EUGENE F. BEEBE, MINNEAPOLIS, MINNESOTA.

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Application filed February 7,. 1921. Serial No. 443,181.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, EUGENE F. Burns, a citizen of the United States residing at Minneapolis, in the county of State of Minnesota, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Clothes VVringe'rs; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

My invention relates to improvements in clothes wringers of the type disclosed and claimed in my application entitled Wringers, filed June 1, 1920, under Serial Number 385,658, and has for its object to im-' prove the same in the several particulars hereinafter noted.

To the above end, the invention consists of the novel devices and combination of devices hereinafter described and defined in the claims.

In the accompanying drawings which illustrate the invention, like characters indicate like parts throughout the several views.

Referring to the drawings Fig. 1 1s a view partly in'slde elevation and partly in central vertical section with some parts broken away;

Fig. 2 is a view partly in end elevation and partly in section, taken on the line 2-2 of Fig. 1, with some parts broken away,

Fig. 3 isa detail view partly in bottom plan and partly in section taken on the line 3-3 of Fig. 1;

Fig. 4 is a detail view partly in bottom plan and partly in section taken on the line 44ofFig.1;' v

Fig. 5 is a detail view with some parts sectioned on the line 55 of'Fig. 1; and

Fig. 6 is a fragmentary detail view with.

parts sectioned on the line 6 -6 of some Fig. 1.

The improved wringer includes a frame of novel construction and which frame is preferably made from east or pressed metal and is divided in a plane of the frame. This frame comprises columns 7 and a top tie bar 8 and a bottom tie bar 9, all integrally formed and it is important to note that theends of the top tie bar 8 are extended outward of the columns 7 All of the members of each frame section are channel-shaped in cross-section and the flanges of the two frame sections are turned toward each other. Upper, lower and intermediate nut-equipped lilennepin and bolts 10 detachably connect the two frame sections through each column 7. The improved wringer, as shown, is removably mounted on a supporting bracket 11 by forming in the lower ends of the section of the column 7, between the sections of the lower tie bar 9, complemental notch-like seats 12, .to receive said bracket. The Wringer is further secured to the supporting bracket 11 by extending the lower bolts 10 through bores in said bracket. The supporting bracket His-carried by 'a head 13 mounted for horizontal swinging movement on the frame of a washing machine or other support, not shown. Aligned guide slots 14- are formed in the columns 7, between the upper and lower bars 8 and 9 to receive lower or stationary bearing 15, in which the shaft 16 of a lower roll 17 is journaled, and

also to receive upper or floating bearings 18' gears 21; The stationary bearin'gs15 are seated in the columns 7 at the lower ends of the guide slots 14, and are held in said slots by the gears 21 on the shaft 15 and anchor .plates 22 on which said bearings directly rest. These anchor plates 22 have their in-' ner and outer edges bent to aiford flanges arranged to engage the inner surfaces of the columns 7 and the outer bearings 15.

The lower roll is driven at a driving wheel or gear 23,- ,which may beconnected to the shaft 16, of said lower roll, at will, by .a clutch 24 mounted on the shaft 16 for endwise sliding movement into and out of engagement with clutch notches 25 in the hub 26 of said driving wheel. The driving wheel 23'is journaled'in a housing 27 mounted on -the head 13. clutch 24, on the'-shaft-16, is limited byv a slot and pin connectioii28. Formed with the clutch 24 is a shipper collar 29, into the channel of which extends the lower or long end of a shipper lever 30 intermediately and faces of the Endwise'movement of the removably fulcrumed on a fulcrum studequipped lug 31 integrally-formed with one of the sections of the adjacent coliimns 7 .The shipper lever 30- is oscillated in a manner that will presently appear.

Spring pressure devices for the upper roll .20 include pressure screws 32 having sleevelike nuts 33 and coiled springs 34. On the upper endsof the screws 32 are thumb pieces 35 and spring caps -36 are swiveled on the lower ends of said screws. The sleeve-like nuts 33 are loosely mounted for vertical endwise movement in complemental seats 37 formed in the opposing flanges of the extended ends of the top tie bar 8. Heads 38, on the upper ends of the nuts 33, prevent the same from dropping through the seats 37 and said nuts are held against turning movement in saidv seats by longitudinally extended diametrically opposite ribs 39 integrally formed with the sides of the screws 32 and which ribs extend into correspondingly formed notches 40 in the seats 37. Lock notches 41 are formed in the ribs 39, below the top tie bar 8, for a purpose that will presently appear.

The coiled springs 34 are encased in cylindrical spring pockets 42 and arranged to be compressed between the bottoms thereof and the spring caps 36, which fit in the open tops of said spring pockets and close the same. These spring pockets 42 are carried by sliding blocks 43 cast integral therewith and supported on the floating bearings 18 within the guide slots 14 of the columns 7. Guide flanges 44, on the sliding blocks 43, engage the inner and outer faces of the columns 7 and hold said sliding blocks therein with freedom for floating movement with the bearings 18. The outer of these guide flanges 44 extend to the bottoms of the spring pockets 43, which, in turn, ex-' tend below the floating bearings 18. These floating bearings 18 are held against endwise movement in the columns 7 by the upper gears 21 and spring pockets 42 and they are further held against inward movement by horizontal flan es 45 on the bottoms of the sliding bloolis 43, which overlap the upper ends of the floating bearings 18 at the inner faces thereof. I

. The sleeve nuts 33 are releasably held against the action of the pressure springs 34 by a releasing bar 46 mounted on the under face of the top tie bar 8 and working through the guide slots 14 for endwise slidmg movement and is supported on bearing lugs 47 formed on the columns 7. This releasing bar 46 is further held in position by headed screws 48 which extend through longitudinally extended slots 48 in said bar and have screw-threaded engagement with the top tie bar 8. The right-hand end of the releasing bar 46 is provided with an aperture 49 through which the lower end of the right-hand sleeve nut 33 extends. This aperture 49 is contracted to afford a pair of diametrically opposite lock shoulders 50 arranged to be moved into and out of the .lock notches 41 in the respective sleeve 'a pair of lock prongs 51 arranged to be moved i'lt and out of the locknot-ehes 41 in the left-hand sleeve nut 33. The lock shoulders 50 and lock prongs 51 are arranged to simultaneously enter the loick notches 41 by endwise movement of the releasing bar 46 to the left in respect to Fig. 1 for engagement with the. lower portions of the ribs 39 which afford abutments 52 to look the sleeve nuts 33 to the top tie bar 8. A reverse movement of the releasing bar upward in their seats 40 under the action of the springs 34 to release the pressure on the top roll 20. As shown, the under faces of the lock shoulders 50 and the lock prongs 51 are beveled and the tops of the abutments 52 are rounded so that said shoulders and prongs will easily slide onto said abutments.

To impart endwise movement to the releasing bar 46, there is provided a hand actuated'lever 53 fulcrumed to and between a pair of lugs 54 and having a depending finger 55*which extends through a slot 56 in said bar. This hand lever 53 extends over the top tie bar 8 and is provided with a stop lug 57 for engagement with said tie bar 8 to limit the downward movement of said lever. The lugs 54 are cast or pressed, one from each of the sections of thetop tie bar 8 and the finger 55 extends through complemental slots 58 formed in.the opposing flanges of the sections of said top bar.

0 frictionally hold the releasing bar 46 in either of its two extreme positions, there is secured to the under face of the top tie bar 8 a lug 59, which may be the head of a rivet in one of the sections of said tie bar and arranged to enter one of two longitudinally spaced notches 60 in said releasing bar. The lug 59 holds the releasing bar 46 slightly bowed so that the same is held against the heads of the screws 48 and thereby further frictionally held where set. :The upper end of the lever 30 is connected to the releasing bar 46 by extending its short or upper end into a slot 61 formed therein.

The gears 21 are covered by yoke-like guards 62 suspended from the sliding blocks 43 by short studs 63 formed thereon and which studs extend into bores in flanges 62 on said guards. These guards 62 overlap the ends of the rolls 17 and 20 and thereby prevent clothes from getting between the studs 66, which extend into slots 65 formed in the ends of said drain board. This drain board which isadapted to be moved from one side of the wringer to the other, in its two extreme positions, rests on the bottom tie bar 9. The studs 66 are mounted in o lemental seats 69 formed in the see tions of the columns 7 and frictionally held in position by clamping the two sections of the frame together by the bolts 10. A spring-projected bolt 67, mounted in one of the columns 7, is arranged to enter either one of two perforated lugs 68 on the adjacent end of the drain board 64 to pos i.

tively hold said drain board in either of its two extreme positions,

When the releasing bar 46 is adjusted, as shown in Fig. 1, the sleeve nuts 33 are locked to the top tie bar 8, the springs 34 held under compression by the pressure screws 32 and the clutch 28 is held in an operative position to connect the driving wheel 23 to the shaft 16. By turning the pressure screws 32 in their sleeve nuts 33, the tension on the springs 34 may be varied, at will, and hence, the pressure of the top roll 20 and on the lower roll 17 will be correspondin ly changed.

11 case it is desirable to quickly release the pressure on the top roll 20 to prevent an accident to the operator or to the clothes being fed to the roll, a downward pressure on the lever 53 will impart an endwise movement to the releasing bar 46, withdraw the lock shoulders 50 and lock prongs 51 from the lock notches 41 to release the sleeve nuts 33 and permit the same to move upward. in their seats under the action of the springs 34, and thereby release the pressure on the top roll 20. This same movement of the releasing bar 46 will oscillate the lever 30 and thereby move the clutch 24 into an inoperative position and stop the driving power from the wheel 23 to the shaft 16 'of the lower roll 17.

To again apply pressure to the top roll 20, the pressure screws 32 are turned in their nuts 33 in a direction to lower said sleeve nuts and align their lock notches 41 with the lock shoulders 50 and springs 51. An upward lifting movement of the lever 53 will then move the releasing bar 46 in a direction to cause the lock shoulders 50 and lock springs 51 to again enter the lock notches 41, and at the same time, said releasing bar 46 will oscillate the lever 30, and thereby move the clutch 24 into a position to connect the driving wheel 23 to the shaft 16. The pressure springs 34 may then be adjusted to place the springs 34 under the desired pressure.

When the pressure on the top roll 20 is released by a downward movement of the lever 53, not any of the released parts can leave their assembled places, as the spring caps 36 prevent the spring 34 from leaving the spring pockets 42 and they also prevent the pressure screws 32 and their nuts 33 from leaving the top tie bar 8.

In assembling my improved wringer, one of the frame sections is laid flat and all of the several parts of the wringer laid thereon in their respective seats. The other section of the wringer frame is then placed in position and the two frame sections connected by bolts 10, thereby looking all of the parts of the wringer in their respective positions. It will thus be seen that the improved wringer may be very easily and quickly assembled, or in case one of the parts is broken or worn out, the same may be very easily replaced by a new one.

What I claim is:

1. A wringer frame divided in a plane thereof and having in the opposing faces of its sections complemental pin seats, pins mounted in said seats and held in working position by ,the frame when the sections thereof are assembled, and a drain board mounted on said pins.

2. A wringer frame divided in a plane thereof and having in the opposing faces of its sections complemental guide slots and seats, movable bearings mounted in the guide slots, pressure devices operative on the movable bearings and including endwise movable members mounted in said seats, said members being held by the frame when the sections thereof are assembled. and co-operating rolls, one of bearings.

3. A. wringer frame divided in a plane thereof and including columns and a tiebar, said columns having in the opposing faces of their sections complemental guide slots, bearings mounted in said guide slots, said tie-bar having complemental slots and seats in the opposing faces of its sections, pressure devices operative on said bearings and including endwise movable members mounted in said seats, said bearings and members being held by the frame when the sections thereof are assembled, co-operating rolls one of which is journaled in the bearings, a releasin bar for holding said members fixed and or releasing the same, andv a lever fulcrumed on the tie-bar and having a finger working in the complemental slots in the tie-bar and connected to the releasing bar.

4. The combination with a frame, of cooperating rolls journaled in the frame, pressure devices operative on one of the rolls and having endwise movable members mounted in the frame, means for driving one of the rolls including a clutch, a releasing bar for holding said members fixed and for releasing the same, and a lever intermediately fulcrumed on the frame and havlng its ends connected the one to the clutch and the other to the releasing'bar to move the clutch into an operative position when the releasing bar is moved to release said members.

5. The combination with a frame, of cooperating rolls journaled in the frame, pressure devices operative on one of the rolls and having endwise movable members which is journaled in said ion mounted in the frame, means for driving one of the rolls including a clutch, an endwise movable releasing bar for holding said members fixed and for releasing the same, and a friction lug for placing the releasing bar under tension and yieldingly holding the same in its two extreme positions.

6. A wringer frame divided in a plane thereof and including columns and a tie bar, said columns having in the opposing faces of their sections complemental guide slots, complemental seats in the opposing faces of the sections of the tie bar, upper and lower bearings mounted in the guide slots, said upper bearings having spring pockets, pressure screws having nuts mounted in said seats, said bearings and nuts being held in working positions by the frame when the sections thereof are assembled, c0-operating rolls journaled in said bearings, and pressure springs interposed between the pressure screws and spring pockets. 7

7. A wringer frame divided in a plane thereof and including columns and a tie bar, said columns having in the opposing faces of their sections complemental guide slots, upper and lower bearings mounted in said slots, said upper bearings having spring pockets, complemental seats and slots in the opposing faces of the sections of the tie bar, pressure screws having nuts movably mounted in said seats, said bearings and nuts being held in working positions by the frame when the sections thereof are assembled, co-operating rolls journaled in the bearings, pressure springs interposed between the pressure screws and spring pockets, a releasing bar for holding said nuts fixed and for releasing the same, and a lever fulcrumed on the tie bar and having a finger working in the complemental slots in the tie bar and connected to the releasing bar.

8. The combination with a frame, of cooperating rolls journaled in the frame, pressure screws having nuts movably mounted in the frame, pressure springs co-operating with the pressure screws and operative on one of the rolls, means for drlving one of the rolls including a clutch, a releasing bar for holding said nuts fixed and for rel-easing the same, and means actuated by the releasing bar for moving the clutch into an operative position when the releasing bar is moved to hold said nuts fixed and for moving the clutch into an inoperative position when the releasing bar is movedto release said nuts.

9. The combination with a frame, of cooperating rolls journaled in the frame, pres sure screws having nuts movably mounted in the frame, pressure springs co-operating with the pressure screws and operative on one of the rolls, means for driving one of the rolls including a clutch, a releasing bar for holding said nuts fixed and for releasing the same, and a lever intermediately fulcrumed on the frame and having its ends connected, the one to the clutch and the other to the releasing bar to move the clutch into an operative position when the releasing bar is moved to release said nuts.

10. The combination with a frame, of co operating rolls journaled in the frame, pressure screws having nuts movably mounted in the frame, pressure springs co-operating with the pressure screws and operative: on one of the rolls, an endwise movable releasing bar for holding said nuts fixed and for releasing the same, and a friction lug for placing the releasing bar under tension and yieldingly holding the same in its two extreme positions.

11. A wringer frame divided in a plane thereof, co-operating rolls, pressure devices for one of the rolls, means for driving one of the rolls including a clutch, a releasing bar for holding the pressure devices under tension and for releasing the same, a lever fulcrum stud on one of the sections of the frame, and a lever adapted to be held on said stud and interlocked with the releasing bar and clutch when the sections of the frame are assembled.

In testimony whereof I aflix my signature. EUGENE 1F. BEEBE. 

